Workplace Issues : Video

Obama & McCain: America is Ready. Are you?

Background on the Employee Free Choice Act, what it means for business and how it effectively eliminates secret ballot elections for workers.

Tim introduces the need for social communication - why it has come to prominence; how it's taking shape and who is already doing it.

Marjina migrated from the countryside to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with her son and four daughters after her husband died. Now she toils every day in a workshop by the Buriganga River that recycles used batteries.

Stories from the Green Collar Economy: Green Corps Chicago

The president of Green for All Discusses his new book

In this video Green For All founder Van Jones discusses Green Jobs Now, the national day of action on September 27th to build the new economy.

On Meet the Bloggers, Stern  discussed the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a vital piece of legislation that, if passed, will go a long way toward restoring the middle class in the United States.  EFCA would enable workers to unionize, allowing them to demand fairer wages and much needed benefits like health insurance.

American Rights at Work launched a national television ad campaign to educate the public on the critical issues facing America’s struggling middle class. The ads will build on the broad public support for the Employee Free Choice Act, a bipartisan bill in Congress that will help workers achieve the American Dream by giving them the freedom to choose a union.

 

The big business of farming in the US is booming but undocumented migrants make up more than half of the farming workforce. They are ripe for exploitation and face low salaries, substandard housing, risk of injury, pesticides and heat stroke. Some literally work themselves to death.